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even know what I been through
You don't know even know what I did for my life
I grew by myself I lived in a room
There is no kitchen and bathroom
My mom

even know what I been through
You don't know even know what I did for my life
I grew by myself I lived in a room
There is no kitchen and bathroom
My mom

grade, mom and dad decided to move
Once upon a time, there was a new kid on the block
In the Chicago area called Morgan Park
Apartment to a house so it was

It can be hard when you don't fit in
Inadvertently anonymous and can't catch a glance
But I read some books
Listened to some records
And found out

The Mother Road

Kevin Welch

Kevin Welch

1990

There used to be a main street cross the country
And that good ol' road would take you all the way
From clark and ogden street up in chicago

I

the cycle, break the chains, work your brain
You were made in the image of greatness
Fight like Ali, march like Martin, speak like Malcolm
Move like [?]

Let me tell you a story
cbout a place with no glory
It may be where I grew up
But this place still sucks
We got high taxes, statewide tolls

Let me tell you a story
About a place with no glory
It may be where I grew up
But this place still sucks
We got high taxes, statewide tolls

Bringing it straight to you
Comin Thru 2Day
You can't pass it by
Chali 2-N-A
Coming straight from Chi!

Comin Thru 2Day

I'm from the city where they buried

Vancouver, Washington,
Through Seattle to Vancouver BC
Caught a plane to Chicago, stayed overnight
 I wish she were here with me
Went to her sister in Buffalo,

the case, is it?
It's the sprawl of autumn, isn't it?
It's the crunch, where one can never daydream
You know living myths can come true
Sometime it might

Chicago where the
Buildings touching the sky
I rarely seen so many women
Out there looking for a
Guy but when I come home I don't mind
Hearing you say

happening in the East
Will they ever find peace?
But what can we do?
I can't even tell you

Sit at the door and watch em go by
That's how the rest'll die

in Chicago when they emptied out the lake
Even the forgers were left fingering the fakes
Overacted, overcast
The auctioneer was crying cuz the heir

Yeah
Can you feel it
See I been over here and I been over there
Now I'm right back where I started
As I paint picturing me in this fucked up world
I

North, to keep me from falling down 
Like they did, but you can't escape where you come from
One by one they all died from cancer, when they finally lost

Broken Kings

Swoope

W.L.A.K.

2013

Heaven touched my mouth with a fire and made my heart pure
Now my heart pours for everything
From the gang violence in Chicago
To genocide in

Honey you know how much I love you I show you every day
From morning to nighttime I show you in every way
From Monday to Saturday I am your perfect